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Abstract: Consists of office files from two collaborating organizations serving U.S. military service personnel primarily in the Bay
Area and Asia during and after the Vietnam War. Includes organizational history, correspondence and reports from projects
and offices in Asia and West Germany, material related to affiliated groups, and reference files.

Languages Represented:
English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Pacific Counseling Service and Military Law Office Records, BANC MSS 86/89 c, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.

Related Collections

Title: Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier Organization,

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 81/20 c

Title: National Lawyer's Guild Records,

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 99/280 cz

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Pacific Counseling Service and Military Law Office Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Jeanne Friedman on December
29, 1985.

Funding

Funding for processing provided by Free Speech Movement Project.

Scope and Content

The Pacific Counseling Service and Military Law Office Records, 1969-1977, consist of office files from two collaborating
organizations serving service personnel primarily in the Bay Area and Asia during and after the Vietnam War.

Materials generated before 1971 document the foundation of the Pacific Counseling Service (PCS) and its role in providing
personal counseling to servicepeople in the G.I. Movement in the Bay Area and Asia. The files of the Pacific Counseling Service
consist of historical background, recruitment and personnel materials, correspondence, financial records and publications.
They include files from the Women's Collectives.

The National Lawyers Guild established the Military Law Office (MLO) in San Francisco next door to PCS in 1971. The MLO provided
free legal advice and representation to military servicepeople, while PCS provided counsel to G.I.'s in their efforts at war
resistance and/or their individual needs. The Military Law Office files consist of correspondence, reports, National Lawyers
Guild Bay Area Chapter files, and communications and literature from National Lawyers Guild offices throughout the United
States.

Although they were separate organizations, their cooperative activities produced collective work and their files are inextricably
linked. The Pacific Counseling Service/Military Law Office sections represent the joint collaborative work of the two organizations
and these files include minutes, reports, and fund-raising contacts. Reports from the various Asia Projects and from the San
Francisco offices were issued frequently to each project to keep participants at home and abroad informed of the progress
of their mutual work. They paint a vivid picture of the internal and external struggles of the project participants on personal,
political, and professional levels.

An extensive collection of clippings documenting the events in the Philippines before, during, and after lawyer Doug Sorenson's
arrest in 1972 is noteworthy. The files of the Center for Servicemen's Rights/G.I. Project Alliance, Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors, the Liberated Barracks, and Stop Our Ship include correspondence and publications that are rich in
content. Of particular note is literature generated by the Indochina Peace Campaign, to which Tom Hayden contributed and The
Free Theater Associates Show files which include correspondence from Jane Fonda. Vietnam Veteran's Against the War files document
its relationship to the Pacific Counseling Service.

Container List

Cartons 1-4

Series 1: Administrative Files, 1969-1977.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Divided into 3 sub-series: Pacific Counseling Service, Military Law Office, and Pacific Counseling Service/Military Law Office.

Files are arranged hierarchically and chronologically within each folder. Correspondence and funding sources are filed alphabetically.

Files are arranged hierarchically and chronologically within folders. Includes correspondence, reports, press releases, pamphlets,
flyers, and clippings. Of particular note are the Hobbit Coffeehouse case (Iwakuni), the Midway Walkout (Yokosuka), lawyer
Doug Sorenson's arrest in the Philippines, and the Women's Collective in Okinawa.

Asia Projects General Administration, 1970-1977.

Ctn. 4, folder 13

Projects descriptionn.d.

folder 14

Southeast Asia meeting minutes1971-72

folder 15-19

Recruitment, orientation and training1973-76

folder 20

Conference reportsca. 1972-74

folder 21

Proposal1973

Military Law Office

folder 22

Funding1974-75

folder 23

Reports1971-73

folder 24

Recruitment and training1971-74

folder 25

National Lawyers Guild, correspondence1971-72

folder 26-28

Committee of Concerned Scientists1972-74

Japan, 1970-1977.

Iwakuni, 1970-1976.

Correspondence and reports

Pacific Counseling Service

Ctn. 4, folder 29

Currie, Judy1973-74

folder 30

Fairies, Harry1974-75

folder 31

Hartford, Bruce1972-73

folder 32

Hill, Phil1976

folder 33-34

Kinchley, Ed1973-76

folder 35

Watson, Sheila1974

folder 36

Judah1972-73

folder 37

Miscellaneous1972-76

folder 38

Reports1972-76

Military Law Office

folder 39-40

Boult, Reber1972-73

folder 41

Della Valle, Robert1975-76

folder 42

Karp, Lana & Sander1972

folder 43

Purkey, Stewart1974

folder 44

Richartz, Pat1973

folder 45

Rupert, Paul1974

folder 46

Seitz, Eric1971-72

folder 47

Sorenson, Doug1973

folder 48

Reports

Pacific Counseling Service/Military Law Office

folder 49

Conference report1972

folder 50

Financial Reports1972-75

folder 51-52

Press Releases1971-76

folder 53

Legal File1972-75

folder 54-56

Hobbit Coffeehouse1972-73

folder 57

Papers, memos1970-76

folder 58

Pamphlets1974

folder 59

Book orders1975

folder 60

Clippings1970-72

Misawa, 1972.

Pacific Counseling Service

Ctn. 4, folder 61

Correspondence1972

folder 62

Articlesn.d.

folder 63

Military Law Office1972

Okinawa, 1970-1977.

Pacific Counseling Service

Correspondence

Ctn. 5, folder 1

Bernard, Tom1975

folder 2

Currie, Judy1973

folder 3

Danaan, Sharon1972-74

folder 4

Doerr, Barbara1975

folder 5

Fairies, Harry1974

folder 6

Gespass, David1974

folder 7

Hendel, Lawrence1973-74

folder 8

Hill, Phil1974-77

folder 9

Johnson, Kathy1974

folder 10

Kinchley, Ed1975

folder 11

Lassonde, Greg1974

folder 12

Maclay, Neil1974

folder 13

Mirkinson, Judy1973-74

folder 14

Sink, John Steven1976

folder 15

Tebbets, Ruth1971

folder 16

Woo, Jean1974

folder 17

Watson, Sheila1973-74

folder 18

Bob1972-75

folder 19

Ken1972

folder 20

Collective correspondence1972-76

folder 22-26

Women's House1971-76

oversize OS Folder 1A

Signn.d.

Military Law Office

Correspondence

Ctn. 5, folder 27

Amsterdam, Mark1971-72

folder 28

Boult, Reber1972-73

folder 29

Lubow, Bart1972-73

folder 30

Miller, Alan1972-74

folder 31

Purkey, Stewart1973-74

folder 32

Ray, Ellen1972-75

folder 33-34

Rupert, Paul1972-74

folder 35

Rupert, Paul and Traller, Robert1976

folder 36

Schapp, William1972-73

folder 37

Schapp, William and Ray, Ellen1972-73

folder 38

Seitz, Eric1971

folder 39

Siegel, Dan1972-73

folder 40

Siegel, Dan and Sorenson, Doug1973

folder 41

Sorenson, Doug and Mishaa1973

folder 42

Traller, Robert1976

Pacific Counseling Service/Military Law Office

folder 43-44

Project reports1972-76

folder 45

Position Papers1972-74

folder 46

Budget1972-76

folder 47

Book orders1973-76

folder 48

Legal File1970-74

folder 49

Flyers1972, n.d.

folder 50

Hobbit Press Service1971-72

folder 51

Omega Press1974

folder 52

Pamphletsn.d.

folder 53

Press Releases1971-76

folder 54

Press Clippings1972-73

folder 55

Stars & Gripes1976

folder 56

Clippings1970-75

folder 57

Military Bases1970-71

folder 58

Song Lyricsn.d.

folder 59

Black Servicemen's Project1972-74

folder 60

Miscellaneousn.d.

Tokyo, 1971-1975.

Military Law Office

Correspondence

Ctn. 5, folder 61

Karp, Sander1972

folder 62

Peterman, Sid1972

folder 63

Siegel, Dan1971

folder 64-65

Seitz, Eric1971-72

folder 66

General1972, 75

folder 67

Reports1971-72

folder 68

Press Releases1972

Pacific Counseling Service/Military Law Office

folder 69

Meeting Minutes1972-73

Yokosuka, 1972-1975.

Pacific Counseling Service

Correspondence

Ctn. 5, folder 70

Engel, Richard and Gespass, David1974

folder 71

Foster, Mark1972

folder 72

Johnson, Kathy1973

folder 73

Strohl, Nancy and Cathy1973-74

folder 74

Victoria, Brian1972-73

folder 75

General correspondence1973

folder 76

Women's collective reports1974

Military Law Office, Robert Della Valle

folder 77

correspondence1974

Pacific Counseling Service/Military Law Office

folder 78

Reports1974-75

folder 79

Legal File1973-74

folder 80

Flyers, petitions, memos1972-74

folder 81

Articles, press releases, clippings1972-74

folder 82

Book orders1974-75

Ctn. 6, folder 1-8

Midway Walkout1973-74

Yokota, 1972-1973.

Pacific Counseling Service

Ctn. 6, folder 9-10

Correspondence1972-73

folder 11

Reports1973

folder 12

Press releases, flyers1972

Military Law Office

folder 13

Eric Seitz, correspondence1972

Miscellaneous

folder 14

Japanese organizations, correspondence1971-74

folder 15

Visa applications1972-75

folder 16

G.I. News from Asia1973

folder 17

Pacific News Service, newsletter
1971-73

folder 18

Background literature1971-74

folder 19

Beheiren1970-71

folder 20

Clippings1969-73

Philippines, 1971-1974.

Pacific Counseling Service

Ctn. 6, folder 21-23

Correspondence1971-72

folder 24

Reports1972

folder 25

Pamphlets, flyers1972-73

folder 26

Pamphlet orders1973

folder 27

Petitions1972

folder 28

Background literature1971-73

Military Law Office

Correspondence

folder 29

Dudley, Barbara1971-72

folder 30

Karp, Sander and Lana1971

folder 31

Schapp, William and Ray, Ellen1973

folder 32

Seitz, Eric1971

folder 33

Siegel, Dan1971-72

folder 34

Sorenson, Doug1972-74

folder 35

Reports1971-72

folder 36

Press releases and position statements1971-72

folder 37-40

Doug Sorenson arrest, clippings1972

folder 41

Affidavits, sworn statements1972

folder 42

Receipts1972

folder 43

Clippings1972

folder 44-45

National Lawyers Guild, correspondence1971-72

Miscellaneous Asia, 1971-1973.

Ctn. 6, folder 46-49

Guam1972-73

folder 50-51

Hong Kong1971

volume Vol. 1

Free Hong Kong Newsletter1971

Ctn. 6, folder 52-53

Thailand1972

Non-Asia Projects, 1971-1977.

Ctn. 6, folder 54

Fort Ord, Monterey, CA1971-72

folder 55

Tacoma, Washington1973

folder 56-59

West Germany1972-77

Cartons 7-8

Series 3: Affiliated Groups, 1969-1977.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Divided into 2 sub-series: G.I. Movement and Individual Groups.

G.I. Movement General Files are arranged hierarchically and chronologically within folders. Individual Group files are arranged
alphabetically.

G.I. Movement, 1971-1974.

Ctn. 7, folder 1

Conferences, workshops1974

folder 2

Regional Meetings1973

folder 3

Discussion draft papersn.d.

folder 4

Carriers and 7th Fleet, reports, clippings1971-72

folder 5

Press clippings, articles1971-73

folder 6

Travis Air force Base, miscellaneous papers1971

folder 7

G.I. Tape Project1973

folder 8

Mailing list1974

Individual Groups, 1969-1977.

Ctn. 57, folder 9

American Deserters1972

American Federation of Government Employees

folder 10-13

(AFGE)/ AFL-CIO1975-77

folder 14

American Friends Service Committee1974

folder 15

Bay Area Military Study Group1976

folder 16

Center for Constitutional Rights1972

Center for Servicemen's Rights(CSR)/

folder 17-25

G.I. Alliance Project (GIPA)1972-77

Central Committee for Conscientious

folder 26-39

Objectors (CCCO)1965-77

folder 40

Chicago Area Military Project1971, 1973

folder 41

Covered Wagon/ Helping Hand1971-74

folder 42

Defense Committee1975

folder 43

Fort Bragg1974-77

folder 44-47

Free Theater Associates (F.T.A.) Show1971-1972

folder 48

Friends Military Counseling1976

folder 49

Legal In-Service Project (LISP)1973, 1976

Ctn. 8, folder 1-13

Liberated Barracks1971-75

folder 14

Military Action Committee1973-75

Military Veterans Counseling Center

folder 15

Bart Lubow, correspondence1972-76

folder 16

National Action/Research on the Military1971-73

Industrial Complex (NARMIC)

folder 17

Paris Hobbit Collective1972

folder 18

Rocky Mountain Military Project1973-76

folder 19

Safe Return Amnesty Committee1973

folder 20

Shelter Half, correspondence, position paper1971-72

folder 21-23

Stop Our Ship (S.O.S.), U.S.S. Coral Sea1971-72

folder 24-25

United States Servicemen's Fund (USSF)1971-75

folder 26

Venceremos Brigade1971

folder 27

Veteran's Affairs Officen.d.

folder 28

Veteran's Rights Organization1975-76

folder 29-35

Vietnam Veteran's Against the War/Winter Soldier Organization1972-75

Cartons 8-10

Series 4: Subject Files, 1969-1977.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Divided into 2 sub-series: Pacific Counseling Service Subject Files and Military Law Office Subject Files.

Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within folders. Legal cases are arranged alphabetically by name.